SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) busses
-SPI busses can be described with a node for the SPI master device
-and a set of child nodes for each SPI slave on the bus. For this
-discussion, it is assumed that the system's SPI controller is in
-SPI master mode. This binding does not describe SPI controllers
-in slave mode.
+SPI busses can be described with a node for the SPI controller device
+and a set of child nodes for each SPI slave on the bus. The system's SPI
+controller may be described for use in SPI master mode or in SPI slave mode,
+but not for both at the same time.
-The SPI master node requires the following properties:
+The SPI controller node requires the following properties:
+- compatible - Name of SPI bus controller following generic names
+ recommended practice.
+
+In master mode, the SPI controller node requires the following additional
+properties:
- #address-cells - number of cells required to define a chip select
- address on the SPI bus.
+ address on the SPI bus.
- #size-cells - should be zero.
-- compatible - name of SPI bus controller following generic names
- recommended practice.
-- cs-gpios - (optional) gpios chip select.
+
+In slave mode, the SPI controller node requires one additional property:
+- spi-slave - Empty property.
+
No other properties are required in the SPI bus node. It is assumed
that a driver for an SPI bus device will understand that it is an SPI bus.
However, the binding does not attempt to define the specific method for
chip selects. Individual drivers can define additional properties to
support describing the chip select layout.
-Optional property:
-- num-cs : total number of chipselects
+Optional properties (master mode only):
+- cs-gpios - gpios chip select.
+- num-cs - total number of chipselects.
-If cs-gpios is used the number of chip select will automatically increased
-with max(cs-gpios > hw cs)
+If cs-gpios is used the number of chip selects will be increased automatically
+with max(cs-gpios > hw cs).
So if for example the controller has 2 CS lines, and the cs-gpios
property looks like this:
-cs-gpios = <&gpio1 0 0> <0> <&gpio1 1 0> <&gpio1 2 0>;
+cs-gpios = <&gpio1 0 0>, <0>, <&gpio1 1 0>, <&gpio1 2 0>;
Then it should be configured so that num_chipselect = 4 with the
following mapping:
cs2 : &gpio1 1 0
cs3 : &gpio1 2 0
-SPI slave nodes must be children of the SPI master node and can
-contain the following properties.
-- reg - (required) chip select address of device.
-- compatible - (required) name of SPI device following generic names
- recommended practice
-- spi-max-frequency - (required) Maximum SPI clocking speed of device in Hz
-- spi-cpol - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
- inverse clock polarity (CPOL) mode
-- spi-cpha - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
- shifted clock phase (CPHA) mode
-- spi-cs-high - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
- chip select active high
-- spi-3wire - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
- 3-wire mode.
-- spi-lsb-first - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
- LSB first mode.
-- spi-tx-bus-width - (optional) The bus width(number of data wires) that
- used for MOSI. Defaults to 1 if not present.
-- spi-rx-bus-width - (optional) The bus width(number of data wires) that
- used for MISO. Defaults to 1 if not present.
+
+SPI slave nodes must be children of the SPI controller node.
+
+In master mode, one or more slave nodes (up to the number of chip selects) can
+be present. Required properties are:
+- compatible - Name of SPI device following generic names recommended
+ practice.
+- reg - Chip select address of device.
+- spi-max-frequency - Maximum SPI clocking speed of device in Hz.
+
+In slave mode, the (single) slave node is optional.
+If present, it must be called "slave". Required properties are:
+- compatible - Name of SPI device following generic names recommended
+ practice.
+
+All slave nodes can contain the following optional properties:
+- spi-cpol - Empty property indicating device requires inverse clock
+ polarity (CPOL) mode.
+- spi-cpha - Empty property indicating device requires shifted clock
+ phase (CPHA) mode.
+- spi-cs-high - Empty property indicating device requires chip select
+ active high.
+- spi-3wire - Empty property indicating device requires 3-wire mode.
+- spi-lsb-first - Empty property indicating device requires LSB first mode.
+- spi-tx-bus-width - The bus width (number of data wires) that is used for MOSI.
+ Defaults to 1 if not present.
+- spi-rx-bus-width - The bus width (number of data wires) that is used for MISO.
+ Defaults to 1 if not present.
+- spi-rx-delay-us - Microsecond delay after a read transfer.
+- spi-tx-delay-us - Microsecond delay after a write transfer.
Some SPI controllers and devices support Dual and Quad SPI transfer mode.
-It allows data in the SPI system to be transferred in 2 wires(DUAL) or 4 wires(QUAD).
+It allows data in the SPI system to be transferred using 2 wires (DUAL) or 4
+wires (QUAD).
Now the value that spi-tx-bus-width and spi-rx-bus-width can receive is
-only 1(SINGLE), 2(DUAL) and 4(QUAD).
+only 1 (SINGLE), 2 (DUAL) and 4 (QUAD).
Dual/Quad mode is not allowed when 3-wire mode is used.
If a gpio chipselect is used for the SPI slave the gpio number will be passed